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U.S. Senate seat, Nevada (class 3)

21 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1864. Now: Catherine Cortez Masto D.

Holders
21
11 R · 10 D
Longest tenure
21 years
Patrick Anthony McCarran
Current
9.8 years
Catherine Cortez Masto, since Jan 3, 2017
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18801900192019401960198020002020James Warren Nye · 1864-01-01 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Percival Jones · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Percival Jones · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Percival Jones · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Percival Jones · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Percival Jones · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Griffith Newlands · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Griffith Newlands · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Griffith Newlands · 1915-12-06 – 1917-12-25 · DemocratCharles Belknap Henderson · 1918-01-12 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratTasker Lowndes Oddie · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanTasker Lowndes Oddie · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanPatrick Anthony McCarran · 1933-03-09 – 1954-08-29 · DemocratErnest S. Brown · 1954-10-01 – 1954-12-02 · RepublicanAlan Harvey Bible · 1954-12-02 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratAlan Harvey Bible · 1963-01-09 – 1974-12-18 · DemocratPaul Dominque Laxalt · 1974-12-18 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Dominque Laxalt · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanHarry Reid · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratHarry Reid · 1999-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · DemocratCatherine Cortez Masto · 2017-01-03 – present · Democrat
Catherine Cortez Masto D
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Harry Reid D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2017 · 18 years
Harry Reid D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Paul Dominque Laxalt R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
Paul Dominque Laxalt R
Dec 18, 1974 – Jan 4, 1975 · 17 days
Alan Harvey Bible D
Jan 9, 1963 – Dec 18, 1974 · 12 years
Alan Harvey Bible D
Dec 2, 1954 – Jan 4, 1963 · 8.1 years
Ernest S. Brown R
Oct 1, 1954 – Dec 2, 1954 · 2 months
Patrick Anthony McCarran D
Mar 9, 1933 – Aug 29, 1954 · 21 years
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
Charles Belknap Henderson D
Jan 12, 1918 – Mar 4, 1921 · 3.1 years
Francis Griffith Newlands D
Dec 6, 1915 – Dec 25, 1917 · 2.1 years
Francis Griffith Newlands D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
Francis Griffith Newlands D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
John Percival Jones R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
John Percival Jones R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
John Percival Jones R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
John Percival Jones R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
John Percival Jones R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
James Warren Nye R
Jan 1, 1864 – Mar 4, 1873 · 9.2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.